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Morning Brief 2023-11-27

November 27, 2023
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Domestic News...

Schumer Presses Ahead With Plan Linking Israel And Ukraine Funds
Schumer announced his plan for a quick vote on Biden’s request for roughly $106 billion in funds for Israel, Ukraine, and other national security priorities.

Millions of Americans are having their phone records accessed by a secret surveillance program
This surveillance, affecting those who are part of AT&T's phone network, raises serious concerns about privacy rights and the 14th Amendment.

Derek Chauvin stabbed in prison, may have required 'life-saving measures': Report
Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of killing George Floyd, was seriously injured in a stabbing attack at the facility where he is currently serving his sentences, the Associated Press reported.

Derek Chauvin’s Mother Says Son’s Stabbing Was ‘Allowed To Happen’
The incident occurred days after Chauvin spoke out against his “sham” trial in an interview for the documentary “The Fall of Minneapolis.”

Railroaded Derek Chauvin's foes are out for his blood in prison and his case
The Minneapolis cop convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020 has been thoroughly scrubbed of his personhood, let alone his rights.

Transgender suspect threatens to rape Christian girls, inject HIV in people wearing crosses, copycat Nashville shooting: Feds
Jason Lee Willie, 47, was charged on Nov. 7 with 14 felony counts of interstate communication of a threat to injure.

Report: 28 states couldn't cover their bills in fiscal 2022, while 22 states recorded surpluses
New Jersey ranked last for having the worst fiscal health. Not far behind were Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Kentucky, Delaware, Louisiana, California, and Vermont in the bottom ten. By contrast, 22 states reported surpluses, the majority of which are led by Republican governors.

Study finds overturning Roe v. Wade resulted in 32,000 more births: Report
The NY Times reported that by comparing birth statistics in states before and after the Supreme Court banned abortions, researchers discovered that the overturning of the case caused around 32,000 annual births.

Daughter charged with murder after giving gun to mother with dementia, who committed suicide
Authorities say that the daughter berated her dementia-ridden mother before the suicide and encouraged her to take her own life. The alleged verbal abuse was caught on video recorded by a Ring camera inside the home.

Politics...

'Stop the rancor': Biden calls for national unity on Thanksgiving Day
“We should focus on dealing with our problems and being together and stop the rancor. We have to bring the nation together and treat each other with a little bit of decency, and I think that’s where the vast majority of the American people are.”

Biden campaign released guide of how to respond to 'crazy MAGA nonsense' from relatives during the holidays
The campaign shared various Democrat talking points, so if someone said, "Trump secured our border!" you reply with "No he didn’t, all he did was separate families, put children in cages, and leave behind a broken immigration system for Joe Biden to clean up."

Former White House doctor says Biden is not cognitively fit for another four years in office
Texas Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson, who previously served as a White House physician, noted that there are serious reasons to be concerned about Biden's cognitive abilities.

Biden Energy Department ill prepared to combat fraud as it spends billions on infrastructure
Watchdog report gives harsh assessment of agency under Secretary Jennifer Granholm, from cybersecurity to foreign theft.

George Santos prepares for expulsion from Congress, claims colleagues have drunken sex with lobbyists
"I have colleagues who are more worried about getting drunk every night with the next lobbyist that they're gonna screw and pretend like none of us know what's going on, and sell off the American people, not show up to vote because they're too hungover or whatever the reason is ..."

Mitt Romney says he’ll vote Democrat over Trump or Vivek
"I'd be happy to vote for a number of the Democrats too."

Charleston’s GOP win shows Dems losing some black voters
Charleston, SC, elects first Republican mayor since Reconstruction.

Economy / ESG...

Disney admits culture wars inflicted major impacts across the board
Warns investors that company's wokeness presents risks.

Biden economic adviser insists 'real wages have grown,' says economy is 'on the right track'
"We are moving in the right direction," and average Americans "are telling us through their consumer behavior that they're feeling pretty good about their own financial conditions."

Border...

Clear and present danger: Rapists, sex offenders among those illegally entering US
Many offenders illegally enter to avoid punishment in home country or to commit violent offenses and then flee home.

Biden's DHS requires border agents to use 'preferred pronouns' of illegal immigrants
"DO NOT," begins a section of don'ts, "question the authenticity of a person who tells you that he, she or they identify as LGBTQI+."

Tucson Border Patrol 'pauses' social media after 15,300 cross into US in one week
On Sunday, the Tucson, Arizona, Sector Border Patrol social media accounts were paused as the organization deals with a massive surge in illegal immigrants coming across the southern border in its sector.

Chicagoans overwhelmingly disapprove of immigrant tent plans, poll shows
Researchers found that 63% of residents are at least somewhat against the plan.

FBI: Rainbow Bridge crash, explosion not connected to terrorism
The FBI’s decision came several hours after the vehicle raced through an intersection, hit a median, and was launched through the air before slamming into a line of booths and exploding at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls.

Israel at War... 

US Navy Captures Terrorists Who Tried To Hijack Tanker Tied To Israel
A U.S. destroyer took five individuals into custody on Sunday after they attempted a terrorist hijacking of an Israeli-owned tanker in the Gulf of Aden.

Iranian-Backed Terrorists Fire Ballistic Missiles At US Destroyer
Houthi terrorists in Yemen fired two ballistic missiles at a U.S. destroyer in the Gulf of Aden just after midnight on Monday after the vessel thwarted an attempt by terrorists to seize a tanker connected to an Israeli businessman.

New poll shows Palestinians are the impediment to peace — not Israel's war
Only 5% of Palestinians support a two-state solution; three-quarters want Israel wiped off the map.

'Israel spies' killed and strung up on electrical pole as mob in West Bank cheers
The Tulkarm Brigades made a statement, claiming that there was "no immunity for any informant or traitor," adding that "[w]e are on the lookout for him and we will hold him accountable."

Biden apologized to Muslim-American leaders for questioning death toll from Hamas-linked org: Report
Biden huddled with five Muslim American leaders the day after his Oct. 25 comments about reported Gaza deaths roiled the Islamic community, vowing to “do better.”

Anti-Israel protesters set off smoke bombs outside AIPAC head’s home, call him ‘baby killer’
Video posted online showed a group of about a dozen protesters hurling smoke bombs as an unidentified man approached the group outside the house in Los Angeles.

Prime minister of Ireland gets obliterated online for remarks about 9-year-old Israeli hostage
"This is a day of enormous joy and relief for Emily Hand and her family. An innocent child who was lost has now been found and returned, and we breathe a massive sigh of relief. Our prayers have been answered," Varadkar wrote on X.

The UN's rot laid bare in Israel-Hamas war
Contrast what Guterres is saying now about Israel with what he said when Iranian security forces brutally crushed women's rights protesters in Iran last year. Now Guterres sees atrocities, whereas last year he was only "concerned" with the ayatollah's onslaught.

UN finally gets around to calling for investigation into reports that Israeli women were raped by Hamas
Hamas has denied that its fighters committed any such acts, claiming that to sexually assault women would go against the principles of Islam.

Pro-Israel teacher forced to hide after Palestinian-supporting students cause anti-Semitic riot at NYC high school
A teacher reportedly was forced to lock herself in an office after hundreds of anti-Israel students caused a riot after learning of the teacher's support for Israel.

Washington Examiner: Send Hamas supporters back home
Our nation is polarized enough as it is, and we do not need foreign nationals making it more divisive.

Antifa, pro-Palestinian activists disrupt Seattle Christmas Tree lighting, vandalize local stores
"... we don’t want a protest. We want to light the tree.”

NY Public Library facing $75K cleanup after vandalism by anti-Israel protesters
The library’s flagship Stephen A. Schwarzman building in Midtown was defaced so badly during the demonstrations that some of its carved marble reliefs may need to be replaced, officials said.

A Jewish professor at USC confronted pro-Hamas students. He's now barred from campus
“Hamas are murderers. That’s all they are. Every one should be killed, and I hope they all are killed.” Students captured those remarks on their cell phones, almost instantly seeming to recognize a viral moment.

Ukraine / Russia...

Germany and US ‘will pressure Zelensky to negotiate with Russia’
Germany and the U.S. will put pressure on Ukraine to negotiate with Russia by scaling back weapons deliveries in what would be a major blow to Kyiv’s hopes of victory, German media reported on Friday.

North Korea satellite launch portends new era of Russia giving tech to rogue regimes
North Korea has placed a satellite into orbit, according to South Korea's military officials, an achievement that stokes Western suspicions that the rogue regime has a new patron in Russia.

Canada...

Canada's human rights commission suggests Christmas and Easter holidays amount to 'systemic religious discrimination'
The paper from the federally funded "human rights watchdog" made little secret of its ultimate aim, underscoring that Canada must work toward the "eradication" of such so-called religious intolerance.

Europe...

Geert Wilders' victory in Netherlands election spooks Europe
The unexpectedly meaty win for controversial, hard-right politician Geert Wilders in Wednesday's general election in the Netherlands set international headlines on fire.

Entertainment...

The Strange $55 Million Saga of a Netflix Series You’ll Never See
Near the height of the streaming boom in 2018, a half-dozen studios and video platforms lined up to woo a little-known filmmaker named Carl Erik Rinsch. He had directed only one movie, “47 Ronin.” It was a commercial and critical dud, and Rinsch’s tussles with its producers had raised eyebrows.

Hollywood Struggles Over Holiday With Disney And Apple Duds
Disney’s “Wish,” which had a massive budget of $200 million, brought in $8.3 million on Wednesday, while Apple Original Productions’ “Napoleon,” which also cost $200 million, earned $7.7 million on Wednesday.

Media...

Rebel News LIVE! Calgary 2023: Glenn Beck
Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck spoke with Ezra Levant in a message delivered at this year's Rebel News LIVE! event in Calgary, Alberta. Mr. Beck delivered a stark message to Canadians, pointing out the Liberal government's seemingly complicit stance on anti-Semitic, hateful demonstrations.

Environment...

The Morality of Having Kids in a Burning, Drowning World
Two recent books, “The Quickening” and “The Parenthood Dilemma,” consider the ethics of procreation in the age of man-made climate change.

Congress blasts Biden for secret negotiations to destroy dams and protect salmon
Four lawmakers asked the federal government to share details of “secretive negotiations” between the government and environmental groups that have called for the removal of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers.

Biden to Skip UN Climate Summit, White House Official Says
Biden will not attend a major United Nations climate summit that begins Thursday in Dubai, skipping an event expected to be attended by King Charles III, Pope Francis, and leaders from nearly 200 countries, a White House official said Sunday.

Critics flame Kamala Harris over her Thanksgiving photograph with gas stove
"... gas stoves for the elites, but not for we the people."

Jeff Bezos' superyacht 'Koru' produces 7,000 tons of carbon emissions every year: Study
This amounts to about 447 times the entire annual carbon footprint left behind by the average American.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Vatican bars doctrinal changes involving female priests, homosexuality: Report
Vatican officials have pressed the "German Synodal Way" to abandon radical propositions, such as homosexual relationships and female priesthood. The letter was apparently made available to the public on October 23, and it rebuked the effort of German bishops to overturn established doctrine.

'Radical queer' rabbi becomes the darling of the Squad and other critics of Israel
A so-called "radical queer" rabbi has apparently found favor with members of the Squad and left-leaning media for her overt anti-Zionism.

AI...

OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster, sources say
Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers wrote a letter to the board of directors warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

AI Might Rather Kill a Billion White People Than Utter a Racial Slur
In a nutshell, the trolley problem poses the question: Does one have a moral obligation to take an action he knows will result in some moral wrong if taking it offers the opportunity to prevent greater moral wrong?

I Used ChatGPT To Make Pokémon Versions of Trump, Biden, and RFK Jr.
The results are interesting and suggest weird and significant biases.

Travel...

San Diego airport overrun after hundreds of illegal aliens move in
Illegal aliens have taken to sleeping at the San Diego airport for days after being processed by Border Patrol agents, as they wait for their flights to leave.

The Frontier Airlines flight from hell
Multiple women allegedly interrupted a recent flight with screaming, singing, and even crawling over seats, causing claims of demonic possession.

Sports...

Conor McGregor vows to change Ireland after stabbings by Algerian migrant suspect
"There will be change in Ireland, mark my words. The change needed. In the last month, innocent children stabbed leaving school. Ashling Murphy murdered. Two Sligo men decapitated. This is NOT Ireland’s future! If they do not act soon with their plan of action to ensure Ireland’s safety, I will.”

Conor McGregor Under Investigation For ‘Online Hate Speech’ By Irish Authorities
McGregor is reportedly under investigation for “online hate speech” linked to comments made on social media criticizing Irish authorities.

Animals...

Dogs destroy cars at Texas dealership, cause up to $350K in damages: Video
The dogs terrorized the G Motors dealership on three separate nights between Nov. 6 and Nov. 18, tearing off bumpers and fenders, shocking surveillance footage shows.

Nov 27, 2012 - TV star says don't watch his show... The inspirational story of a toymaker... New Obama-inspired art and Glenn's own Obama-inspired art project... Who is Jamie Foxx's savior?... Blow up the moon?...

Trump's proposal explained: Ukraine's path to peace without NATO expansion

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Contributor | Getty Images

Strategic compromise, not absolute victory, often ensures lasting stability.

When has any country been asked to give up land it won in a war? Even if a nation is at fault, the punishment must be measured.

After World War I, Germany, the main aggressor, faced harsh penalties under the Treaty of Versailles. Germans resented the restrictions, and that resentment fueled the rise of Adolf Hitler, ultimately leading to World War II. History teaches that justice for transgressions must avoid creating conditions for future conflict.

Ukraine and Russia must choose to either continue the cycle of bloodshed or make difficult compromises in pursuit of survival and stability.

Russia and Ukraine now stand at a similar crossroads. They can cling to disputed land and prolong a devastating war, or they can make concessions that might secure a lasting peace. The stakes could not be higher: Tens of thousands die each month, and the choice between endless bloodshed and negotiated stability hinges on each side’s willingness to yield.

History offers a guide. In 1967, Israel faced annihilation. Surrounded by hostile armies, the nation fought back and seized large swaths of territory from Jordan, Egypt, and Syria. Yet Israel did not seek an empire. It held only the buffer zones needed for survival and returned most of the land. Security and peace, not conquest, drove its decisions.

Peace requires concessions

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says both Russia and Ukraine will need to “get something” from a peace deal. He’s right. Israel proved that survival outweighs pride. By giving up land in exchange for recognition and an end to hostilities, it stopped the cycle of war. Egypt and Israel have not fought in more than 50 years.

Russia and Ukraine now press opposing security demands. Moscow wants a buffer to block NATO. Kyiv, scarred by invasion, seeks NATO membership — a pledge that any attack would trigger collective defense by the United States and Europe.

President Donald Trump and his allies have floated a middle path: an Article 5-style guarantee without full NATO membership. Article 5, the core of NATO’s charter, declares that an attack on one is an attack on all. For Ukraine, such a pledge would act as a powerful deterrent. For Russia, it might be more palatable than NATO expansion to its border

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Peace requires concessions. The human cost is staggering: U.S. estimates indicate 20,000 Russian soldiers died in a single month — nearly half the total U.S. casualties in Vietnam — and the toll on Ukrainians is also severe. To stop this bloodshed, both sides need to recognize reality on the ground, make difficult choices, and anchor negotiations in security and peace rather than pride.

Peace or bloodshed?

Both Russia and Ukraine claim deep historical grievances. Ukraine arguably has a stronger claim of injustice. But the question is not whose parchment is older or whose deed is more valid. The question is whether either side is willing to trade some land for the lives of thousands of innocent people. True security, not historical vindication, must guide the path forward.

History shows that punitive measures or rigid insistence on territorial claims can perpetuate cycles of war. Germany’s punishment after World War I contributed directly to World War II. By contrast, Israel’s willingness to cede land for security and recognition created enduring peace. Ukraine and Russia now face the same choice: Continue the cycle of bloodshed or make difficult compromises in pursuit of survival and stability.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

The loneliness epidemic: Are machines replacing human connection?

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Seniors, children, and the isolated increasingly rely on machines for conversation, risking real relationships and the emotional depth that only humans provide.

Jill Smola is 75 years old. She’s a retiree from Orlando, Florida, and she spent her life caring for the elderly. She played games, assembled puzzles, and offered company to those who otherwise would have sat alone.

Now, she sits alone herself. Her husband has died. She has a lung condition. She can’t drive. She can’t leave her home. Weeks can pass without human interaction.

Loneliness is an epidemic. And AI will not fix it. It will only dull the edges and make a diminished life tolerable.

But CBS News reports that she has a new companion. And she likes this companion more than her own daughter.

The companion? Artificial intelligence.

She spends five hours a day talking to her AI friend. They play games, do trivia, and just talk. She says she even prefers it to real people.

My first thought was simple: Stop this. We are losing our humanity.

But as I sat with the story, I realized something uncomfortable. Maybe we’ve already lost some of our humanity — not to AI, but to ourselves.

Outsourcing presence

How often do we know the right thing to do yet fail to act? We know we should visit the lonely. We know we should sit with someone in pain. We know what Jesus would do: Notice the forgotten, touch the untouchable, offer time and attention without outsourcing compassion.

Yet how often do we just … talk about it? On the radio, online, in lectures, in posts. We pontificate, and then we retreat.

I asked myself: What am I actually doing to close the distance between knowing and doing?

Human connection is messy. It’s inconvenient. It takes patience, humility, and endurance. AI doesn’t challenge you. It doesn’t interrupt your day. It doesn’t ask anything of you. Real people do. Real people make us confront our pride, our discomfort, our loneliness.

We’ve built an economy of convenience. We can have groceries delivered, movies streamed, answers instantly. But friendships — real relationships — are slow, inefficient, unpredictable. They happen in the blank spaces of life that we’ve been trained to ignore.

And now we’re replacing that inefficiency with machines.

AI provides comfort without challenge. It eliminates the risk of real intimacy. It’s an elegant coping mechanism for loneliness, but a poor substitute for life. If we’re not careful, the lonely won’t just be alone — they’ll be alone with an anesthetic, a shadow that never asks for anything, never interrupts, never makes them grow.

Reclaiming our humanity

We need to reclaim our humanity. Presence matters. Not theory. Not outrage. Action.

It starts small. Pull up a chair for someone who eats alone. Call a neighbor you haven’t spoken to in months. Visit a nursing home once a month — then once a week. Ask their names, hear their stories. Teach your children how to be present, to sit with someone in grief, without rushing to fix it.

Turn phones off at dinner. Make Sunday afternoons human time. Listen. Ask questions. Don’t post about it afterward. Make the act itself sacred.

Humility is central. We prefer machines because we can control them. Real people are inconvenient. They interrupt our narratives. They demand patience, forgiveness, and endurance. They make us confront ourselves.

A friend will challenge your self-image. A chatbot won’t.

Our homes are quieter. Our streets are emptier. Loneliness is an epidemic. And AI will not fix it. It will only dull the edges and make a diminished life tolerable.

Before we worry about how AI will reshape humanity, we must first practice humanity. It can start with 15 minutes a day of undivided attention, presence, and listening.

Change usually comes when pain finally wins. Let’s not wait for that. Let’s start now. Because real connection restores faster than any machine ever will.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Exposed: The radical Left's bloody rampage against America

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For years, the media warned of right-wing terror. But the bullets, bombs, and body bags are piling up on the left — with support from Democrat leaders and voters.

For decades, the media and federal agencies have warned Americans that the greatest threat to our homeland is the political right — gun-owning veterans, conservative Christians, anyone who ever voted for President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden once declared that white supremacy is “the single most dangerous terrorist threat” in the nation.

Since Trump’s re-election, the rhetoric has only escalated. Outlets like the Washington Post and the Guardian warned that his second term would trigger a wave of far-right violence.

As Democrats bleed working-class voters and lose control of their base, they’re not moderating. They’re radicalizing.

They were wrong.

The real domestic threat isn’t coming from MAGA grandmas or rifle-toting red-staters. It’s coming from the radical left — the anarchists, the Marxists, the pro-Palestinian militants, and the anti-American agitators who have declared war on law enforcement, elected officials, and civil society.

Willful blindness

On July 4, a group of black-clad terrorists ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Alvarado, Texas. They hurled fireworks at the building, spray-painted graffiti, and then opened fire on responding law enforcement, shooting a local officer in the neck. Journalist Andy Ngo has linked the attackers to an Antifa cell in the Dallas area.

Authorities have so far charged 14 people in the plot and recovered AR-style rifles, body armor, Kevlar vests, helmets, tactical gloves, and radios. According to the Department of Justice, this was a “planned ambush with intent to kill.”

And it wasn’t an isolated incident. It’s part of a growing pattern of continuous violent left-wing incidents since December last year.

Monthly attacks

Most notably, in December 2024, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione allegedly gunned down UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan. Mangione reportedly left a manifesto raging against the American health care system and was glorified by some on social media as a kind of modern Robin Hood.

One Emerson College poll found that 41% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 said the murder was “acceptable” or “somewhat acceptable.”

The next month, a man carrying Molotov cocktails was arrested near the U.S. Capitol. He allegedly planned to assassinate Trump-appointed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and House Speaker Mike Johnson.

In February, the “Tesla Takedown” attacks on Tesla vehicles and dealerships started picking up traction.

In March, a self-described “queer scientist” was arrested after allegedly firebombing the Republican Party headquarters in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Graffiti on the burned building read “ICE = KKK.”

In April, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s (D-Pa.) official residence was firebombed on Passover night. The suspect allegedly set the governor’s mansion on fire because of what Shapiro, who is Jewish, “wants to do to the Palestinian people.”

In May, two young Israeli embassy staffers were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. Witnesses said the shooter shouted “Free Palestine” as he was being arrested. The suspect told police he acted “for Gaza” and was reportedly linked to the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

In June, an Egyptian national who had entered the U.S. illegally allegedly threw a firebomb at a peaceful pro-Israel rally in Boulder, Colorado. Eight people were hospitalized, and an 82-year-old Holocaust survivor later died from her injuries.

That same month, a pro-Palestinian rioter in New York was arrested for allegedly setting fire to 11 police vehicles. In Los Angeles, anti-ICE rioters smashed cars, set fires, and hurled rocks at law enforcement. House Democrats refused to condemn the violence.

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In Portland, Oregon, rioters tried to burn down another ICE facility and assaulted police officers before being dispersed with tear gas. Graffiti left behind read: “Kill your masters.”

On July 7, a Michigan man opened fire on a Customs and Border Protection facility in McAllen, Texas, wounding two police officers and an agent. Border agents returned fire, killing the suspect.

Days later in California, ICE officers conducting a raid on an illegal cannabis farm in Ventura County were attacked by left-wing activists. One protester appeared to fire at federal agents.

This is not a series of isolated incidents. It’s a timeline of escalation. Political assassinations, firebombings, arson, ambushes — all carried out in the name of radical leftist ideology.

Democrats are radicalizing

This isn’t just the work of fringe agitators. It’s being enabled — and in many cases encouraged — by elected Democrats.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz routinely calls ICE “Trump’s modern-day Gestapo.” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass attempted to block an ICE operation in her city. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu compared ICE agents to a neo-Nazi group. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson referred to them as “secret police terrorizing our communities.”

Apparently, other Democratic lawmakers, according to Axios, are privately troubled by their own base. One unnamed House Democrat admitted that supporters were urging members to escalate further: “Some of them have suggested what we really need to do is be willing to get shot.” Others were demanding blood in the streets to get the media’s attention.

A study from Rutgers University and the National Contagion Research Institute found that 55% of Americans who identify as “left of center” believe that murdering Donald Trump would be at least “somewhat justified.”

As Democrats bleed working-class voters and lose control of their base, they’re not moderating. They’re radicalizing. They don’t want the chaos to stop. They want to harness it, normalize it, and weaponize it.

The truth is, this isn’t just about ICE. It’s not even about Trump. It’s about whether a republic can survive when one major party decides that our institutions no longer apply.

Truth still matters. Law and order still matter. And if the left refuses to defend them, then we must be the ones who do.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

America's comeback: Trump is crushing crime in the Capitol

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Trump’s DC crackdown is about more than controlling crime — it’s about restoring America’s strength and credibility on the world stage.

Donald Trump on Monday invoked Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control and deploying the National Guard to restore law and order. This move is long overdue.

D.C.’s crime problem has been spiraling for years as local authorities and Democratic leadership have abandoned the nation’s capital to the consequences of their own failed policies. The city’s murder rate is about three times higher than that of Islamabad, Pakistan, and 18 times higher than that of communist-led Havana, Cuba.

When DC is in chaos, it sends a message to the world that America is weak.

Theft, assaults, and carjackings have transformed many of its streets into war zones. D.C. saw a 32% increase in homicides from 2022 to 2023, marking the highest number in two decades and surpassing both New York and Los Angeles. Even if crime rates dropped to 2019 levels, that wouldn’t be good enough.

Local leaders have downplayed the crisis, manipulating crime stats to preserve their image. Felony assault, for example, is no longer considered a “violent crime” in their crime stats. Same with carjacking. But the reality on the streets is different. People in D.C. are living in constant fear.

Trump isn’t waiting for the crime rate to improve on its own. He’s taking action.

Broken windows theory in action

Trump’s takeover of D.C. puts the “broken windows theory” into action — the idea that ignoring minor crimes invites bigger ones. When authorities look the other way on turnstile-jumping or graffiti, they signal that lawbreaking carries no real consequence.

Rudy Giuliani used this approach in the 1990s to clean up New York, cracking down on small offenses before they escalated. Trump is doing the same in the capital, drawing a hard line and declaring enough is enough. Letting crime fester in Washington tells the world that the seat of American power tolerates lawlessness.

What Trump is doing for D.C. isn’t just about law enforcement — it’s about national identity. When D.C. is in chaos, it sends a message to the world that America is weak. The capital city represents the soul of the country. If we can’t even keep our own capital safe, how can we expect anyone to take us seriously?

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Reversing the decline

Anyone who has visited D.C. regularly over the past several years has witnessed its rapid decline. Homeless people bathe in the fountains outside Union Station. People are tripping out in Dupont Circle. The left’s negligence is a disgrace, enabling drug use and homelessness to explode on our capital’s streets while depriving these individuals of desperately needed care and help.

Restoring law and order to D.C. is not about politics or scoring points. It’s about doing what’s right for the people. It’s about protecting communities, taking the vulnerable off the streets, and sending the message to both law-abiding and law-breaking citizens alike that the rule of law matters.

D.C. should be a lesson to the rest of America. If we want to take our cities back, we need leadership willing to take bold action. Trump is showing how to do it.

Now, it’s time for other cities to step up and follow his lead. We can restore law and order. We can make our cities something to be proud of again.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.